Subject: Re: Mobilepro 780 and 790; battery warnings
To: None <port-hpcmips@netbsd.org>
From: Bryan Vyhmeister <bsd@hub3.net>
List: port-hpcmips
Date: 02/12/2003 18:50:19
On Thursday, February 13, 2003, at 04:19 PM, JJ Bonilla wrote:

> Hi, I have been having a Mobilepro 780 for two weeks and have installed
> NetBSD 1,6, has exceeded all my hopes
>
>> 1. Is the hpcmips home page correct in that the Mobilepro 780 does not
>> have X support? I am not sure how up to date the list is so I was just
>> wondering.
>> 2. The Mobilepro 790 supported at all? It is not listed on the hpcmips
>> home page.
>
> X system, touchscreen, keyboard, serial port, VGA out, apm battery,
> suspension of the machine, work 100 % . Simply perfect.
> Not this supported the Irda port. The sound does not work to me, but I
> believe that there is drivers. ...???

Great. I am glad to know that.

> The Mobilepro 780 (same that Mobilgear II MC/R430 in Japan, that it 
> comes in
> the table like totally supported ) and 790 are the same machine except:
>
> M790:    32 Mb RAM; 24 Mb ROM; 16 Mb (14 Mb available) Flash ROM
> 	(In Flash-ROM you can install the starting program)
> M780:    32 Mb RAM; 24 Mb ROM

I was wondering what the difference was.

>> 3. My third question is whether there is any kind of warning when the
>> battery gets very low? The machine I am wondering about is the
>> Mobilepro 770.
>
> In NetBSD the program hpcapm gives messages by console of bateria 50%, 
> 30%
> and very low battery

That's great. Thank you so much.

Bryan